Fingerbones
David Szymanski · 2015 · Free to Play, Horror, Psychological Horror, Indie, Adventure
PC
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About Fingerbones
✦ AI summary
Explore an abandoned building piecing together a disturbing mystery from scattered notes while atmospheric music shifts with your every movement. This experimental narrative horror game combines pixel art with realistic lighting and dynamic soundscapes to create an intense, surreal experience designed to be completed in a single haunting session.
You begin in a mysterious abandoned building, pitch dark save for the golden light filtering in from the windows. As you explore, scattered notes begin to tell a disturbing tale.
SOME FACTS ABOUT FINGERBONES
- A short, narrative-focused horror experience, in the vein of games like Serena.
- Deals with disturbing subject matter.
- Features a unique artstyle that combines elements of pixel horror with realistic lighting effects, which is intended to enhance the surreal atmosphere.
- Art, music, environments, textures, and programming were done from scratch. Sound effects were manufactured from creative commons samples.
- Music is a dynamic part of the game world, evolving based on the player's movements around the environment.
- Attempts to bring some logic and purpose to the traditional "collect scattered notes" narrative mechanic of many indie horror games.
- An experiment in creating an intense, horrifying experience through narrative, atmosphere, and pacing alone.
- Intended to be completed in a single sitting (usually around half an hour for most players), and does not feature a save system.
- Be aware that the game quits automatically upon completion.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
A short walking sim about a deranged father stuck in a bunker only with his daughter during the apocalypse. In the absence of society, the guy concludes that morality no longer serves its evolutionary purpose, and [spoiler]engages in a four-letter, involuntary act with his daughter, which supposedly results in her death.[/spoiler] As intriguing as pondering the nature of morality is, I can't ignore the fact that this game features a keypad that glows red at all times and plays an error sound even when the entered combination is correct.3 found this helpful
Painfully slow walking speed, wouldn't've bothered me as much if it weren't for the constant back and forth between the keyboard and the doors it opens no visual/sound/text cues when you input correct codes, had to take a peek at the discussions to see if I was doing anything wrong at first Story is alright, kind of predictable that he was going to [spoiler] do something morally corrupt [/spoiler] from the first half of the notes1 found this helpful
why does the story feel like just going to the computer and back. The noise the computer makes is even more confusing. i tought the game progressed trough a time limit not because of the passwords.
Not really worth your time even tho its super short. Nothing really happens in this game, it has shocking / depressing lore, its not scary or that interesting, didnt get anything from playing this one. Cool atmosphere and the lights are nice. I wish there was a warning for the [spoiler]r-word of a child[/spoiler]. Like i love when games handle difficult topics but a warning would be nice.
*spoilers* I suppose I can add this game to my list of "short indie horror games about child abuse*. It's a surprisingly long list - or maybe not that surprising after all. That said, even if civilization is gone, and you truly believe that societal rules and mores are all fictions, why the ♥♥♥♥ would you do that?!
Damn, this was some sick experience and deserved it's genre psychological-horror very well! I agree though with the people from the discussion forum, that the third tresor password felt impossible to guess for (not sure though why some felt like the 4th one was hard to guess) and I count this game even as an artwork. If you are willing to face the darker side of humanity, then try out this 100% free game experience! And don't worry, no jumpscares included. It's even only 75 mb big!
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